Ask HN: What do you want to create after you close your first big exit?
I'm thinking: side-projects, software to improve other's lives, or anything where you aren't necessarily aiming for maximum profit.
Meant for students serious about their education but turned off by the unbalanced approach of academia and the anti-artistic grind that modern capitalism can too often become.
Come, take your shoes off, spend a year or spend twenty: work on body, mind, and soul. Find what you love and love it.
1. A Community Driven approach towards creating 'Open Patent Licenses' similar to existing Open Source Software Licenses (likely a multitude of different licenses that one could use depending on their goal). These Licenses could be used for existing or future Patents, by both Individuals and Legal Entities. The Key here is that the Community votes to choose the Rights, Capabilities, and Limitations of each Open License.
2. A Community Driven approach towards assisting with the actual Patenting of Submitted Technology (or assisting with the Cost / Filing) as provided by, and voted on by the Tech Community. Patents would be granted to the Submitter of the Innovation (they get credit), and then assigned an Open Patent License (everyone can use the Technology freely). Key here being that the Community votes to choose what they want to see Patented.
This is my vision to stop Patent Trolling independently of the Legal System (which works too slow). Crowdsource the Innovations and Patent them with an Open License, thus opening the technology to everyone in the future. We can't stop the Trolling of Existing Patents, but if we draw a line in the sand today, we can stop the Trolling of Future Patents by Patenting the Innovations first and opening them to the Community for Free Use.
While this is a noble cause (IMO anyway), I am still at the point of my life where I need to work 8+ hours a day to pay the Bills, and thus I'm not at the point of starting this Non-Profit (though I do own the Domains, and I have created a Website, as well as considered an Indiegogo Campaign)
1. I'll get to meet awesome people in even the smallest cities which I'm sure will inspire me to do even better this time.
2. In the process I might discover concepts that I can work on be it non-profit or for-profit.